Catalog
50 Dollars 6% Obligation
| Issuer | Mongolian Government Treasury |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mongolian Dollar (1921-1925) |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-orange note with an ornate border incorporating traditional Mongolian interlace and endless-knot corner motifs. A large central vignette presents a four-pointed geometric medallion divided into black, yellow, and red-orange quadrants within a circular frame, flanked on both sides by dense columns of vertical Mongolian script. Trilingual inscriptions in Mongolian script, English, and Cyrillic Russian curved around the central vignette identify the issuer and denomination, with the serial number printed twice across the upper portion and the value '50 Долларовъ' repeated along the lower border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ᠡᠨᠡᠬᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠠ ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠣᠭᠠᠲᠤ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠪᠣᠯᠪᠠᠰᠤ ᠠᠯᠢᠪᠠ ᠠᠯᠪᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ ᠤᠳ ᠲᠤ ᠪᠡᠯᠡᠨ ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠥᠨ ᠦ ᠵᠦᠢᠯ ᠲᠡᠢ ᠠᠳᠠᠯᠢ᠂ ᠲᠣᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠶᠣᠰᠣᠭᠠᠷ ᠠᠪᠤᠮᠤᠢ᠃ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠢ ᠡᠨᠡ ᠣᠨ᠂ ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠡᠬᠢᠯᠡᠨ ᠰᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠠᠮᠤᠨ ᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠯᠢᠶᠡᠬᠡᠨ ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠥᠨ ᠦ ᠵᠦᠢᠯ ᠢᠶᠡᠷ ᠰᠣᠯᠢᠭᠤᠯᠤᠨ ᠬᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠮᠤᠢ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠬᠦ ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠣᠨ ᠳᠣᠣᠷᠠ ᠦᠯᠦ ᠲᠤᠰᠢᠶᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠢ ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠠ ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ ᠲᠠᠪᠤᠨ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠳᠣᠲᠣᠷᠠ ᠰᠣᠯᠢᠭᠤᠯᠵᠤ ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠭᠠᠳᠠᠨᠠ ᠬᠡᠷᠪᠡ ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠦᠦ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠲᠤ ᠰᠤᠯᠢᠵᠤ ᠦᠯᠦ ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ ᠠᠪᠠᠰᠤ ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭᠰᠡᠬᠦ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠮᠤᠢ᠃ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠢ ᠪᠠᠷᠢᠭᠴᠢᠳ ᠲᠤ ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠶᠠᠩᠴᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠲᠤᠲᠤᠮ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠨᠢᠭᠡ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠳᠣᠣᠷᠠ ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠶᠠᠩᠴᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠬᠡᠦ ᠦᠷᠡᠵᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠨ ᠠᠰᠢᠭ ᠪᠣᠯᠭᠠᠮᠤᠢ᠃ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠠᠰᠢᠭ ᠢ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ ᠳᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠠᠨ ᠥᠩᠭᠡᠷᠡᠭᠡᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ ᠪᠦᠷᠢ ᠪᠣᠳᠣᠵᠤ ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠨ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠭᠠᠷᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠡᠬᠢᠯᠡᠨ ᠨᠢᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠦ ᠡᠴᠡ ᠬᠡᠲᠦᠷᠡᠭᠦᠯᠬᠦ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ ᠪᠡᠷ ᠣᠯᠭᠤᠮᠤᠢ᠃ ᠡᠨᠡᠬᠦ ᠬᠡᠦ ᠪᠣᠯᠪᠠᠰᠤ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠢ ᠪᠡᠯᠡᠨ ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠥ ᠵᠦᠢᠯ ᠢᠶᠡᠷ ᠰᠣᠯᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠲᠤ ᠬᠠᠮᠲᠤ ᠪᠠᠷ ᠰᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠠᠮᠤᠨ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠭᠦᠢᠴᠡᠳᠭᠡᠨ ᠲᠥᠯᠮᠣᠢ᠃ Payable to the bearer on demand in local currency on or after november 20-th 1921. Срокъ обмѣна на наличную валюту 20 ноября 1921 г. |
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The 1921 Mongolian treasury obligations are among the most unusual early Central Asian paper issues — denominated in dollars rather than any indigenous currency unit, which reflects the practical reality that the newly declared Mongolian People's Government had no functioning monetary infrastructure and relied heavily on Chinese and Russian silver coinage already circulating in the country. The dollar denomination was likely a pragmatic gesture toward foreign commercial credibility rather than any formal peg.
The 6% interest-bearing structure classifies this technically as a bond obligation rather than circulating currency, though in practice the distinction mattered little on the Mongolian steppe in 1921.